Recent content by lolapants

I fixed the wrong font and added a few more tags that I found pictures of online. I will try and re-burn my stencil as soon as I have time. I think there are at least 5 tag styles (US-regular, US-Grounded, US-FCC, Japan-FCC, Japan-regular). If anyone else knows of any other tag style that I...

You are right! The "America" part of Nintendo of America is wrong using Pretendo. Well that will give me another opportunity to straighten out my stencil. You have a keener eye than me.

I had no idea of the differences between ink jet and screen printed cpo's when I purchased mine. I just knew that GoG had a better scan file to work with than some of the other competitors based on Mattriod's previous review/posts. I would rather have a cpo that isn't blurry and what not...

@ phetisboy - holy cow, and I thought my serial plate was "scratched", I think yours takes the cake! That red ribbon effect is interesting, I hadn't seen that before...at this point I'm not entirely sure how to recreate that. Possibly stamping the serial numbers first and the wiping red ink...

I'm not familiar with the red ribbon you mentioned. Do you have a picture or example of it?

That's weird, I thought the pretendo font matched up with the original very closely. When I over layed it on top of a picture in illustrator it was a direct match. I will take another look at it and see if I missed something. I know commas and periods dont exist in pretendo, so I had to make...

I was going to buy a set of 1/8" letter and number punches from harbor freight and stamp it myself. I think they go for ten bucks. Pretty cheap anyways. Once I get all the little kinks worked out, I wouldn't mind making new plates for folks.

I just purchased a Mario Bros CP overlay from Game on Grafix and it turned out great. Definitely do some research on how to install the overlay onto your CP since the overlay doesn't come with any install instructions. There are some great videos on youtube on how to do it...I think the John's...

I have been toying with the idea of trying to reproduce a scratched up serial nameplate on Mario Bros cab. The serial plate as some wide and deep grooves right down the middle of the metal plate, as if somebody dragged the back of the cab along concrete. At first, I thought it would be...

Cool thanks. I sent you an email.

I'm wondering if anyone has any pointers on what's the best option for printing a one-off reproduction sticker? I slapped together a drawing, in Illustrator, of the Mario Bros authorization/serial sticker that was on the back of my cab. I am looking to just produce one sticker to replace the...

Finally received the nintendo cp carriage bolts from that site in the UK. They look pretty good and fit perfectly. They are slightly larger in diameter around the head of the bolt when compared to originals, but you would have to carry around a pair of calipers to really notice. Here are some...

I found the site I think you were talking about: www.giz10p.co.uk I had to order 24 of them due to their minimum order limit. Yes, they were $33 w/ shipping. Breaks down to be a buck and some change for each bolt. I know that's crazy, but maybe I can sell some of the extras here if they...

I'm looking to replace the rusted over control panel carriage bolts for my Mario Bros converted cab. Someone in the past had replaced over half of the (I think there is 12 of them altogether) existing bolts with some knockoff bolts that quickly rusted. I suspect they used some non-chromed...

Awesome work so far. It's really coming together. How did you end up applying your paint by the way? Roller/Spraying? I'm about where you are in my Mario Bros restore and am leaning toward using rollers with lots of sanding.